{"id":11443,"date":"2016-08-07T18:55:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T22:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.online.berklee.edu\/andreastolpe\/?p=198"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:58:46","slug":"how-to-find-a-collaborator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/how-to-find-a-collaborator\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find a Music Collaborator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-practical-ways-to-find-songwriting-partners-and-build-creative-collaborations-in-your-local-music-scene\">Practical Ways to Find Songwriting Partners and Build Creative Collaborations in Your Local Music Scene<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a lot of reasons why finding a music collaborator is difficult. Maybe we don\u2019t feel ready, don\u2019t know how&nbsp;or&nbsp;where to find them, or even don\u2019t like to collaborate in the first place. But great songs come faster and more frequently when we work together. As solo writers, it&#8217;s much more difficult to&nbsp;break out of our limited perspective to grow into creative spaces we don\u2019t even know exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/faculty\/andrea-stolpe?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">TAKE A SONGWRITING COURSE WITH ANDREA STOLPE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve never tried writing a song with another writer, it\u2019s time to try it out. Even if all your collaborations up until this point have been characterized by awkwardness, unproductiveness, or even a power struggle, I urge you to keep trying. I, for one, have experienced all of these feelings at various times, but I find that a good rule of thumb is to start where it\u2019s comfortable. Look within your circle of friends, songwriters, and musicians you already know and work with to pen some songs together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve explored every avenue and are still a loner, try enrolling in a local community college course or extension course. Group guitar, songwriting, and voice lessons are all great places to find musicians with common interests and goals. These are great places to find a music collaborator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask around for a referral to a private instrumental teacher who might also write songs. This is especially important if you are a lyricist in need of a strong instrumentalist to add that framework to your songwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locate a songwriting group in your area. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NSAI (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillesongwriters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NSAI<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ASCAP (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ascap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASCAP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"BMI (opens in a new tab)\">BMI<\/a>, and many other local and regional groups have workshops and monthly meetings. Many of these organizations also have songwriting vacations or retreats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go out and listen to music you love at venues you feel comfortable in. Get to know your local scene and the artists who play it. Go to their shows, support them, and eventually you will be part of that scene and already making collaborative connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a great idea to make short term goals you can achieve.&nbsp; I used to strive to meet two new writers a week, whether at a show, through another cowriting venture, in the studio, whatever.&nbsp; I\u2019d keep track of the names and make sure I kept up with the people I really enjoyed being around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For material in a co-writing session, I suggest being flexible enough to use song pieces you haven\u2019t been able to finish on your own. If you\u2019re a fast writer or feel more creative sparks flying when you\u2019re in a room with a music collaborator, you might walk in with simply a concept or a title. But if you need to simmer awhile on your ideas before you settle on a direction, I recommend preparing some song pieces ahead of time so that you can feel you contributed to the session, and guided the session towards a creative result you&#8217;re happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before leaving the co-writing session, it\u2019s always a good idea to agree on the song split percentages and publishing rights. I recommend making your own song split sheet including the names of both writers, publisher name and address, and percentage of ownership when it comes to publisher\u2019s and writer\u2019s share. Usually, an even split is appropriate unless other elements are at play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No&nbsp;success in music happens alone. If you are limited in the time you spend making your art, keep in mind that even cowrites that don&#8217;t result in great songs are part of the learning curve. When we observe others writing with a process different from&nbsp;our own, we expand our available tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, this fine tunes our ability to &#8220;see&#8221; what is really working in our own songs, and repeat those successes with more consistency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collaborating with others is also a necessary part of networking. We may not write the best songs we&#8217;ve ever written with most of the music collaborators we meet, but those people may be integral in getting our music heard in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy writing and collaborating,<br>Andrea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">STUDY SONGWRITING WITH BERKLEE ONLINE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berklee Online songwriting instructor Andrea Stolpe talks about finding a collaborator as a songwriter and what they can bring to your music. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9561,9564,7579,9588,9589,9566],"tags":[6157,335,971,1021,1317,1318,6906,1319],"class_list":["post-11443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-basics-lessons","category-features-articles","category-lesson-content","category-music-career-advice-articles","category-music-career-advice-lessons","category-songwriting-articles","tag-andrea-stolpe","tag-collaborative-songwriting","tag-music-business","tag-networking","tag-songwriters-block","tag-songwriting","tag-songwriting-techniques","tag-songwriting-tips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - 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